Author: Sean Galie

Sean is the Head Brewer at Lower Forge, originally starting as a homebrewer in 2003 before opening the brewery on South Main Street. As Head Brewer, Sean is the principal architect of our recipes and beer portfolio. A Philadelphia native, he moved to Medford in 1994. Outside of Lower Forge, he is a Career Lieutenant in a central New Jersey fire department.

As September winds down, we’re continuing to move from our summer beer line up to our fall beer line up as we work on our brewery expansion. We expect to have some updates next month on our new fermentation tanks, packaging, and second walk-in chiller as they leap off the drawing board and begin appearing…

It’s currently estimate that over 34 trillion gallons of water were dropped onto Texas and Louisiana when Hurricane Harvey passed through in late August, with some towns reporting as much as 55 inches of rain falling on them. With all of this rain, communities throughout Southern Texas are still recovering from this record-breaking rainfall and…

It’s time to catch our breath after a fantastic start to September, and last week was definitely busy with events both at the brewery and around the state. Medford Oktoberfest Recap The 2017 Medford Oktoberfest was held at a new location this year, Freedom Park across from the Township Public Safety Building. This event, hosted…

At Lower Forge, we fill 32 ounce and 64 ounce Growlers as a way to bring fresh beer from our brewery’s taps to your friends and family – wherever you may get together. The origin of where the Growler gets its name is lost in history, but the popular story is that during the late…

It’s going to be a busy week at Lower Forge Brewery – with three events on the agenda and a trio of happenings here at the brewery on South Main Street. We start behind-the-scenes this week as we’re heading into the home stretch on a number of production expansion projects that have been building since…

September is here at Lower Forge Brewery and we have a few things happening this week in our sampling room along with another NJ tap takeover event with The Shepard and the Knucklehead at their Hoboken location! It starts off Thursday with our Monthly Acoustic Open Mic Night, hosted by Frank Schwoeri and Bob Andrews….

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Lower Forge Brewery is Medford, New Jersey’s original Craft Beer Brewery – Independently Owned and Located at 14 South Main Street.

We’re proud to brew unique, original beers in a variety of styles both traditional and experimental. Our beer is available on tap in our retail sampling room, at local bars & restaurants, and at local retailers.